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Designing your company.
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I'm a game designer, which means that my preferred space is taking systems of interaction apart and reorganising them to be fun. So when I wrote the business plan for my own company, I took the…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Danny Day Jan 17, 2011.
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Alistair Petersen left a comment for Danny Day"Nobody is in this to eat lentils and packet soup. We all want to build a business that gives us the lifestyle we want and the financial freedom we are chasing. But the view on what constitutes Ramen profitability is a little funny for me too. "
"Well, you might argue that earning that much a month is kinda the point of some startups ;) But yeah, people keep talking about ramen-profitable and then have the oddest expectations of what that actually means."
"It sounds like the goal here is actually to change the existing culture around startups and funding in CT. That's why the numbers, right? Spawn a ton of businesses, hype the ones that survive, create a different perception of entrepreneurship…"
Adrian Frielinghaus commented on Danny Day's blog post Business plan crits, comments and feedback"@Danny yes we're the Moonbase guys. DD could work on MXit. We should meet for a coffee sometime :)
1. Well... getting a loan is usually a different process altogether, and seldom works for high-risk ventures like this, unless you…"
Peter van der Watt commented on Danny Day's blog post Business plan crits, comments and feedback"
If you wanted to stick with trying to get project financing perhaps looking at film councils or some such might be a good place to start (although I didn't have much luck with this in the eastern cape)
SPII have recently changed…"
"Ah, now we're talking :)
@Peter: We actually met the Indie Fund team at the IGF when they revealed their initial crop of games. I'd just applied a few days before we flew off to the US, too close to the conference for it to have…"
Peter van der Watt commented on Danny Day's blog post Business plan crits, comments and feedback"this might also be of use if you haven't come across it yet.
http://indie-fund.com/
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Peter van der Watt commented on Danny Day's blog post Business plan crits, comments and feedback"
Howzit Danny,
firstly congratz on the IGF win! And DD is an addictive little monster that won't stay quite for very long before it needs replaying.
Secondly, I've read the plan a few times now and each time it…"
Adrian Frielinghaus commented on Danny Day's blog post Business plan crits, comments and feedback"Hi Danny
Congratulations on the game, it's a really good piece of work. I've read the business plan once and here are my comments. [For context I worked at Naspers for 10 years doing business plans and similar work in various digital…"
Simon de la Rouviere commented on Danny Day's blog post Business plan crits, comments and feedback"I think in that case, it would be best to have 2 copies. One that piques the interest and if investors are more interested, then give them the bigger business plan with more info?"
"@Rene I've been through hundreds of business plan articles, guides and helpers. That's helped me get this initial framework document. What I'd like now is feedback on this, for instance: Is this simple enough, or am I leaving out…"
"Hi Danny - I'm not sure if you've seen my website, the SME Toolkit South Africa. It has a Business Plans category with guidelines for writing your Business Plan and even an article on preparing your Business Pitch.
My quick tips would…"
"@Simon The old plan had a lot of stuff like that in it, industry studies, examples, etc. Bloated it to 21 pages, it's one of the first things I cut in order to streamline for a loan application - how many more people feel it's important?"
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Business plan crits, comments and feedback
QCF is in the process of applying for a loan for the final push on Desktop Dungeons, so I've had to update our business plan. Seeing as our games benefit hugely from work-in-progress criticism, I thought I'd do the same thing for the plan itself.
Is there any information missing that…
ContinuePosted on April 13, 2011 at 13:35 — 11 Comments
Local game studio are Independant Games Festival double finalists!
Desktop Dungeons, by Cape Town indie studio QCF Design, has been nominated as an IGF finalist in two categories: Excellence in Design and the Seamus McNally Grand Prize.
... QCF's Desktop Dungeons, mashes rogue-like and puzzle-game play in a way "so fun and elegantly designed" that jurists didn't hesitate to…Continue
Posted on January 7, 2011 at 0:45 — 4 Comments
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- At 12:40 on June 6, 2012, Alistair Petersen said…
Nobody is in this to eat lentils and packet soup. We all want to build a business that gives us the lifestyle we want and the financial freedom we are chasing. But the view on what constitutes Ramen profitability is a little funny for me too.
- At 14:45 on September 21, 2009,
Danny Day said…
- Me on Vuzu, talking about some Game.Dev xbox games: http://www.vuzu.tv/Play/Play.aspx?vid=2078
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